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Re: [RC] Forgiving Brass - Shannon ChastainThis was a horse tied to the outside of a trailer during a show. the owner was off in a class and came back to a dead horse. A kid had thrown a firecraker under the sleeping horse. This is why it is so hard for me to tie my horse to a trailer at night during a ride. On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:22:41 -0800 (PST), Rae Callaway wrote I've seen a horse who's lead did break during a struggle to get out of a trailer and this horse was extremely fortunate not to die as it flipped over backwards, cracked it's head on the pavement and rolled out onto oncoming traffic in the road. The real issue is to make sure you've unclipped your horse before you open that trailer door! Rae ----- Original Message ---- From: Shannon Chastain <wagaman@xxxxxxxx> To: Bob Fletcher <bobcfletcher@xxxxxxxxx>; Ride Camp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:39:54 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Forgiving Brass I agree I saw a horse break his neck tied to a trailer when I was a kid I will never forgot seeing that if he had, had a break away halter I would not seen my first dead horse at 13. Shannon On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:53:04 -0800 (PST), Bob Fletcher wroteTo the one repondant who mentioned that she would not want the headstall to give because she would not want to find an empty halter hanging to a tie rail, I would rather put on my hiking shoes and track down my horse than find a horse that has sufficated himself from pulling back from the halter not breaking. I feel the same about people who leave halters on their horses in the pasture or stall for that matter. If you can't catch your horse, then buy a Breakaway halter. I have seen too many horses hang themselves on the most seemingly benign fixtures. You are lucky to get by with slight nerve damage, but death is all to common. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com-- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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